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Monday, March 02, 2009

TUESDAY 1ST WEEK OF LENT

MARCH 3, 2009TUESDAY 1ST WEEK OF LENT – YEAR I

ISAIAH 55:10-11Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow comedown And do not return there till they have watered the earth, makingit fertile and fruitful, Giving seed to the one who sows and bread tothe one who eats, So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth;It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving theend for which I sent it.

MATTHEW 6:7-15Jesus said to his disciples: "In praying, do not babble like thepagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you askhim. "This is how you are to pray: Our Father who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth asit is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us ourtrespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead usnot into temptation, but deliver us from evil. "If you forgive mentheir transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But ifyou do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive yourtransgressions."

REFLECTIONThe Lord's Prayer is the most complete prayer for all Christians.First of all, we acknowledge God as our Father in this prayer. Thisalready sets the tone or the attitude we must have when we pray toGod. Then in the first half of the prayer, our thoughts and petitionsare all directed to the greatness, sanctity, goodness and power ofGod. God is to be praised always since from Him all good things come.His name, his kingdom and his will are to be revered and desired. Ourlove and total respect for Him is reflected in the first half of theOur Father.

In the second half of the prayer, we turn our eyes to ourselves, toour needs and our struggles. We ask for God's providence and spiritualguidance. Knowing that we are frail and sinful, we beg for Hisforgiveness. Then lastly we invoke His protection and deliverance. Ourneed of God's help is the gist of this half of the Lord's prayer.

The Lord himself taught us this prayer. It is the prayer of acommunity united in faith in a loving and powerful God. It is theprayer of a believer who has experienced the personal intervention ofGod and therefore desires for this intervention to occur again to him.When we have no words to say to God, just say the Our Father. Itreally contains all that we need to say to Him.